- Office of Scholarly Communication

Open Access (OA) and Scholarly Communication at the University of California

Scholarly research publications and their distribution models are changing — and the University of California and its scholars have been both drivers and beneficiaries of these exciting transformations in recent years. This site is a resource for UC faculty, researchers, students and staff who want to learn more about:

University of California open access policies
Open access publishing support @ UC
Benefits of and tools for openly sharing research data
Changing models of peer review, evaluation metrics, and publication funding
Current issues in scholarly communication via the OSC blog

Recent Posts

PNAS and the University of California announce open access publishing agreement

August 3, 2021
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the University of California (UC) today announced a two-year transformative agreement that makes it easier and more affordable for corresponding authors at
Practical Idealism: UC’s Approach to Open Access

July 6, 2021
MacKenzie Smith, University Librarian and Vice Provost of Digital Scholarship at the University of California, Davis, provides the following commentary on UC’s recent transformative agreements with
May 2021 update on open access and academic journal contracts: a presentation to the UC Board of Regents’ Academic and Student Affairs Committee

May 14, 2021
On May 12, 2021, Provost and Executive Vice President Michael T. Brown, University Librarian and Chief Digital Scholarship Officer Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director
Glossa Psycholinguistics launches on UC’s eScholarship publishing platform

April 26, 2021
The eScholarship publishing program of the University of California is pleased to announce the launch of Glossa Psycholinguistics, a new journal publishing original research and theoretical reviews
New open access journal Advances in Global Health focuses on the worldwide advancement of health equity

April 22, 2021
In advance of UC Global Health Day on April 24th, the University of California Press and UC Global Health Institute are pleased to announce that Advances in Global Health is open for submissions.